NYPD releases pic of suspect who shoved man, 62, onto rails at Manhattan subway station
The New York Police Department of the suspect wanted for shoving a 62-year-old man onto subway rails at a Lower Manhattan station on Sunday, January 23 at approximately 11.30 am. According to investigators, the male suspect shoved the victim into the roadbed of the southbound A/C line at the Fulton Street station as a train approached. The victim crawled into a spot beneath the platform, but his leg was still struck by the train, according to the reports. The man got back onto the platform after the collision and was transferred to a local hospital, where his condition was reported as stable.
The attacker escaped on foot from the station and is still being hunted by NYPD. The incident comes amid rising crime worries in the country's busiest transportation system. Michelle Go was shoved to her death earlier this month at the Times Square station. A 61-year-old man is charged with her murder. Several individuals have been stabbed, punched or forced into the rails at subway stations in the Bronx, Brooklyn and Manhattan last year. Former police captain Eric Adams, the new mayor, said he didn't feel fully comfortable riding the subway to his first day as mayor earlier this month and noticed a "feeling of disorder".
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Meanwhile, authorities in Manhattan are urging the MTA to move as quickly as possible and start testing the protective barriers. The MTA has been determined about not installing the barriers, claiming that it would be difficult to do so over a large number of stations. Borough President Mark Levine told the New York Post, "The density and crowding of subways here … makes our stations more vulnerable. It's true that we have a huge number of needs and finite resources, but this would amount to a small fraction of the capital budget."
In a letter to MTA Chair Janno Lieber, Levine wrote, "Each year, hundreds of New Yorkers enter subway tracks via accidental fall, trespassing, suicide attempts, and, in rare cases, being pushed. The tragic loss of Michelle Go on January 15th is but the most recent painful example" Around the world, subway barriers are in use, especially on various subway systems such as in London, Shanghai, Hong Kong, and Tokyo. Dubai, Singapore, Seoul, and Shanghai also have installed the barriers.
MTA Chairman and CEO Janno Lieber said in a statement, “these incidents are unacceptable and have to stop. New Yorkers are coming back to the subway and they need it to be safe. We’re grateful to the Governor, the Mayor, and the NYPD Commissioner for their commitment to more visibly deploy officers and to humanely address people with mental health issues who might present a risk to New Yorkers using the subway system.”